Ajax striker Tolu reacts to bizarre incident in training: 'I do not want to get into trouble'

Tolu Arokodare has spoken for the first time about the alleged incident during a Wolverhampton Wanderers training session. The Nigerian striker is said to have sat down on the training pitch to force through a transfer, but he did not want to tell Algemeen Dagblad exactly what happened.

Earlier, the BBC reported that Arokodare had caused a stir at Wolves. After the forward was left out of the squad for a friendly, he is said to have sat down on the pitch during training.

Other media say it did not end there. A day later, security were even said to have been called in to stop Arokodare disrupting another training session.

Algemeen Dagblad put those reports to the new Ajax striker, but Tolu kept his lips sealed. "I can't say that. I am still under contract at Wolves and I have respect for the club, players and fans."

At the same time, Arokodare hinted there is more to the story than has so far emerged. "The truth will come out one day. If not, God and I know it."

The conversation also turned to Wolves' farewell message, in which the failed partnership was mentioned prominently. "A friend sent me that statement. That says a lot. I still belong to the club. What can I say? I do not want to get into trouble."

He was then asked whether, with what he knows now, he regrets anything. The forward made it clear he would have no problem taking responsibility if he had genuinely done something wrong.

"Then I would apologise. If there are three words I have no trouble with, they are 'please, thank you and sorry'. I would never laugh about that. If I do something wrong, I apologise."